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---
id: 69f35a5bb823ed620fcb7cbd
title: "Challenge 284: I Before E"
challengeType: 29
dashedName: challenge-284
---
# --description--
Given a word or sentence, return a corrected version where every word follows the "I before E except after C" rule.
- If a word contains `"ei"` not preceded by `"c"`, replace it with `"ie"`.
- If a word contains `"ie"` preceded by `"c"`, replace it with `"ei"`.
- All other words are left unchanged.
# --hints--
`i_before_e("beleive")` should return `"believe"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(i_before_e("beleive"), "believe")`)
}})
```
`i_before_e("recieve")` should return `"receive"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(i_before_e("recieve"), "receive")`)
}})
```
`i_before_e("we recieved a breif")` should return `"we received a brief"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(i_before_e("we recieved a breif"), "we received a brief")`)
}})
```
`i_before_e("she beleived the friendly niece could percieve the greif")` should return `"she believed the friendly niece could perceive the grief"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(i_before_e("she beleived the friendly niece could percieve the greif"), "she believed the friendly niece could perceive the grief")`)
}})
```
`i_before_e("we recieved relief after the theif gave us a breif piece of feirce deceit")` should return `"we received relief after the thief gave us a brief piece of fierce deceit"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(i_before_e("we recieved relief after the theif gave us a breif piece of feirce deceit"), "we received relief after the thief gave us a brief piece of fierce deceit")`)
}})
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```py
def i_before_e(sentence):
return sentence
```
# --solutions--
```py
import re
def i_before_e(sentence):
words = []
for word in sentence.split(" "):
word = re.sub(r"([^c])ei", r"\1ie", word)
word = re.sub(r"cie", "cei", word)
words.append(word)
return " ".join(words)
```